Milltown Brownfield Redevelopment Project

County: Middlesex

Town: Milltown

Najarian Associates was retained by the Middlesex County Improvement Authority (MCIA) to perform an environmental characterization of a 22.44-acre site in Milltown, NJ that was formerly occupied by the nation’s first Michelin Tire Company.  The site is the subject of a redevelopment effort by the MCIA and the Milltown – Ford Avenue Redevelopment Agency, with support from the USEPA Brownfields program.

Najarian completed a Preliminary Site Assessment (SA), Site Investigation (SI), and Remedial Investigation (RI) to completely characterize the site contamination.   All of the investigations have been completed which included comprehensive soil, sediment, and groundwater investigations of the site, the adjacent Mill Pond and its watershed.  The proposed remedial action for the site is a clean-fill cap, over which the site can be developed.  The proposed development plan consists of both residential and commercial development.

Along with Najarian Associates, the Project’s multi-disciplinary team includes scientists and managers from the USEPA, NJDEP, NJIT, Argonne National Laboratories and S₂C₂ — a full-service real-time on-site laboratory. 

The entire project was funded by NJDEP & EPA Grants as summarized below:

• NJDEP Site Investigation Grant: $3 Million
• NJDEP Site Remediation Grant: $8.6 Million
• EPA Site Investigation Grant: $1 Million
• Total EPA & NJDEP HDSRF Grant: $12.6 Million